US EditionUN chief lashes out at countries violating international law
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned violations of international law and warned that the richest 1% hold 43% of global financial assets, undermining global cooperation.
- On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out at world leaders for seeking to 'put international cooperation on deathwatch', warning that 'these forces and more are shaking the foundations of global cooperation and testing the resilience of multilateralism itself.'
- Guterres warned that global cooperation is under stress amid self-defeating geopolitical divides and wholesale cuts in development and humanitarian aid, noting the US allocated only $17b to UN aid last year.
- He said the erosion of international law is unfolding 'live in 4K', with attacks on civilians and silencing of dissent, while the top one percent holds 43% of global financial assets.
- Guterres urged that humanitarian aid must `flow unimpeded` into Gaza, no effort be spared to stop fighting in Ukraine, and talks resume for a lasting ceasefire in Sudan.
- Delivering his final priorities speech, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, vowed to make every day of this year count and pledged reforms including the Independent Scientific Panel on AI and the UN80 Initiative.
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UN chief sounds alarm on global cooperation
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out Thursday at world leaders who he said were seeking to "put international cooperation on deathwatch" amid brazen violations of international law, but held off naming offending countries. He also reiterated that he was "deeply concerned about the violent repression in Iran," ahead of an emergency Security Council meeting on the crisis scheduled for later Thursday. Guterres, who will step down at the…
UN Charter not a la carte menu, erosion of international law unfolding in 4K: António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that nations brazenly violating international law undermine global order, setting a perilous precedent. Entering his final year, Guterres stressed the UN Charter is not "a la carte" but "prix fixe," demanding full adherence to uphold peace and human rights amidst escalating conflicts and inequality.
At the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Secretary-General made an indirect reference to the actions of the United States in Venezuela and the intention of the purchase of Greenland by citing "the profit of the richest".
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UN chief lashes out at countries violating international law
The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, played an outburst this Thursday. Sad song enn the headquarters of New York. He took advantage of the podium of the general assembly to describe a world that is heading towards absolute disaster and that does so in parallel to a possible collapse of the UN due to the lack of funding due to non-compliance of member states.Continue reading...
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